Mark Price scored a season-high 23 points to lead a balanced
attack as the Orlando Magic remained perfect without Penny
Hardaway with a 112-94 victory over the woeful Los Angeles
Clippers.

Rony Seikaly had 21 points and 11 rebounds and Horace Grant
added 19 points for the Magic, who are 3-0 without their injured
All-Star guard. Hardaway has missed the last three games with
tendinitis in his left knee.

Gerald Wilkins scored 12 of his 17 points in the second period,
when the Magic turned a seven-point deficit into a six-point
lead. Price, who added season highs of eight rebounds and eight
assists, scored 11 in the third quarter as Orlando built its
advantage to 16 points.

Brent Barry scored 21 points for the Clippers, who had won their
last three meetings with the Magic. They have lost six straight
games to fall to 1-9, allowing 110 points or more six times.

Barry scored 10 points and Lamond Murray nine as the Clippers
opened a 36-29 lead after one quarter. They built the advantage
to 44-35 on a basket by rookie Keith Closs with 8:52 left in the
second quarter before Wilkins fueled an 11-2 burst with seven
points. A basket by Grant gave Orlando a 48-48 tie with four
minutes to go.

The Magic took the lead for good at 57-54 on a three-pointer by
Wilkins with 1:23 left in the half. They opened it to 62-56 at
halftime.

The Clipper stayed close, as a layup by Barry made it 74-67 with
5:51 left in the third quarter. But former Clipper Bo Outlaw
had a three-point play and Price drilled two three-pointers for
a 9-0 run and an 83-67 lead with 3:46 remaining in the period.

Orlando took its largest lead at 100-81 on a three-pointer by
Wilkins with nine minutes to play.

Outlaw had 16 points and seven rebopunds and Derek Strong added
13 and seven for the Magic, who shot 48 percent (43-of-89) from
the field and held a 52-31 rebounding advantage. Grant grabbed
eight boards.

Murray scored 15 points and Rodney Rogers and Lorenzen Wright
added 11 apiece for the Clippers, who shot 45 percent (39-of-86)
and were outscored 21-12 at the foul line. Barry had six
steals.